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Clockwise from top left: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during presidential debate; Felix Baumgartner; Lance Armstrong; Seal and Heidi Klum; Gen. David Petraeus; Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
Test your memory of some of the year's most prominent newsmakers by matching each quote below with the person who said it.
How well do you think you'll do? Scroll down when you're ready to see the correct answers!
1. "While I'm grateful for the freedom to express one's self, I've learned there are limits to what language is appropriate, and I'm deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted."
a) Lady Gaga
b) Psy
c) Chris Brown
2. "I tripped and found myself inside the lifeboat with a number of passengers."
a) Silvio Berlusconi
b) Antonin Scalia
c) Francesco Schettino
3. "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours."
a) David Petraeus
b) Arnold Schwarzenegger
c) Rupert Sanders
4. "There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, 'Enough is enough.' For me, that time is now."
a) Lance Armstrong
b) Paul Ryan
c) Tiger Woods
5. "We screwed up, and we are putting the weight of the company behind correcting it."
a) Rupert Murdoch
b) Tim Cook
c) Donald Trump
6. "While I do not believe I did anything illegal or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong, and there is no one else responsible for my sins."
a) John Edwards
b) Peter Madoff
c) Roger Clemens
7. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
a) Richard Mourdock
b) Todd Akin
c) Michelle Bachmann
8. "We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other's commitment to each of our respective beliefs and support each other's roles as parents."
a) Katy Perry and Russell Brand
b) Heidi Klum and Seal
c) Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
9. "Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot that you have to do."
a) Gabby Douglas
b) Ryan Lochte
c) Sanya Richards-Ross
10. "My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it."
a) Reese Witherspoon
b) Kate Middleton
c) Marissa Mayer
11. "The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself and proud."
a) Ellen DeGeneres
b) Anderson Cooper
c) Chely Wright
12. "Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are."
a) Sir Richard Branson
b) Felix Baumgartner
c) Bill Maher
13. "I was born in Harper Hospital. No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate."
a) Mitt Romney
b) Vice President Joe Biden
c) Paul Ryan
14. "The performance of the stock has obviously been disappointing."
a) Tim Cook
b) Brian Dunn
c) Mark Zuckerberg
15. "Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases."
a) Barack Obama
b) John Boehner
c) Ben Bernanke
Question 1: B, "Gangnam Style" star Psy in a December apology for a 2004 song that called for killing Americans.
International rap sensation Psy took to the stage to perform for the president at a charity concert despite online videos showing some anti-U.S. performances he did less than a decade ago. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
Question 2: C, Francesco Schettino, captain of the sunken Costa Concordia, explaining in court why he didn't go down with his ship in January.
The shifting ship is creating dangerous problems for the searchers who need to blast holes in the hull. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.
Question 3: A, David Petraeus in a statement announcing his resignation as CIA director in November.
The respected West Point graduate led combat forces in Iraq and Afghanistan before retiring from the military and leading the CIA. On Friday, he made the startling admission that he had engaged in an extramarital affair, and announced he was resigning from his post. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
Question 4: A, Cyclist Lance Armstrong, announcing in August that he was ending his fight against doping allegations.
Top Talkers: Richard Haas joins a Morning Joe panel to discuss Lance Armstrong's refusal to pursue arbitration in the drug case brought against him. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and his 2000 Olympic Games bronze medal and was banned from the sport.
Question 5: B, Apple CEO Tim Cook, talking about the iPhone 5's glitchy maps application on "Rock Center" in December.
Steve Jobs' hand-picked successor, current Apple CEO Tim Cook, talks to Rock Center Anchor and Managing Editor Brian Williams about Apple's battle with Samsung, glitches with its maps app, the prospect of Apple TV and the challenge of keeping Apple cutting edge.
Question 6: A, Former Sen. John Edwards after learning he would not be convicted of corruption charges in May.
The jury delivered a unanimous verdict on one of the six felony counts and found him not guilty of receiving illegal campaign contributions from heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon. The judge declared a mistrial on the five other counts. Edwards later told reporters that he knew he had not done anything illegal but that he was accountable for his behavior. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.
Question 7: B, Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., in an August interview on his opposition to abortion in rape cases.
In a statement and a tweet, conservative U.S. Rep. Todd Akin says he "misspoke" during a local TV interview in which he made comments about "legitimate rape" and abortion. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
Question 8: C, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announcing their divorce agreement in July.
The Hollywood couple, whose five-year marriage was the subject of much speculation, issued a joint statement saying they were moving forward with daughter Suri's best interests in mind. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.
Question 9: A, Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas after her win in the individual all-around in August.
Fresh from her historic gold medal win in the gymnastics individual all-around, Gabby Douglas said "it's so meaningful" to be the first African-American woman to win the title and shares details of her phone call with President Obama.
Question 10: C, Marissa Mayer, revealing her pregnancy soon after being named Yahoo CEO in July.
The former Google executive was named CEO of Yahoo on Monday and made headlines for the fact that she is also pregnant, turning her into a test case of whether women can really have it all. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports, and Ivanka Trump and Rachel Campos-Duffy, author and wife of a congressman, discuss the motherhood balancing act.
Question 11: B, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper in a coming-out email, in July.
In an email published by the Daily Beast website, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper ends years of speculation about his sexuality, acknowledging that he is "gay" and "proud." NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports.
Question 12: B, Daredevil Felix Baumgartner after his 24-mile fall to earth in October.
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner makes a record-breaking jump from 24 miles above Earth, leaping from the edge of space to the New Mexico desert at speeds up to 833.9 mph. NBC's Tom Costello reports.
Question 13: A, Mitt Romney at an August rally in Michigan.
Msnbc's Mark Halperin talks about GOP candidate Mitt Romney's apparent ad-lib reference to President Barack Obama's birth certificate.
Question 14: C, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a September conference, discussing his company's May IPO.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says, "The performance of the stock is obviously disappointing," during a "fireside chat" at the San Francisco Disrupt conference organized by technology blog TechCrunch. Watch the entire interview.
Question 15: C, Ben Bernanke at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in February.
Top Talkers: A decade after the Sept. 11 attacks, two former senators -- Bob Graham of Florida and Bob Kerrey of Nebraska -- say they believe the Saudi government may have played a role in the attacks. The Morning Joe panel – including financier Steven Rattner and Donny Deutsch – discusses. The panel also discusses Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's warning about the economy.


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Getting married isn't an accomplishment, but staying married is, and staying married is an accomplishment I'd like the bragging rights to one day. Today, for example: still married.
John Gottman, who runs the famous Love Lab (his book Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work below), has data that proves that long-lasting couples don't disagree any less than troubled couples do. That's a relief, because my Beloved and I disagree ALL THE TIME.
Sometimes, these disagreements cannot really be resolved. Gottman says that's ok and sort of inevitable. A person with a bad elbow, he'd explain, can live a great life as long as he doesn't make playing tennis a central part of it. Cute metaphor, Johnny-boy, but it's not my elbow! It's my husband. How do I not I kill him? I use this playlist:
Shut Up and Love.
Relationships are hard, and heartbreak is brutal. But for real, we need each other, so shut up and love.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Flowers for the New Year
|My new year well-wishes were worth every lucky dollar.
Two years ago, Tet was on a Sunday (and also Valentine's Day), so I'd planned an epic New Year's Eve party with delights like home-made mangosteen sorbet. My mom was coming from out of state to be a part of my Beloved's proposal - and we would be able to announce our engagement at the party, too. But that week, the sort of tragedy that stops time happened - time like the helpless moment when you've lost control of your car. I've been stuck in that fishtail moment, that terrible sliding before nothing-good, but this year, I finally feel my life coming un-paused.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
When we have kids...
My Beloved last night: Maybe when we have kids, we should give them one present on Christmas Eve to keep that German tradition, but give them another present on Christmas morning like the American kids.
Me: That could work.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Can he stay? In America?
|What we wore. Are we a more plausible couple with my hair down or my eyes closed?
It's not often that a relationship blogger is summoned by the government to demonstrate the legitimacy of her marriage, so I just had to take a break from marital bliss to give you the highlights from our interview with the Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship and Immigration Services, yesterday.
Immigration Official: When you met him, what made him stand out to you?
Me: HA! (nervous laughter)
IO: It's just my job to ask questions.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Mom's Unconditional Love
The Art of Description by Mark Doty over two months ago, but I can't shelve the book, because I keep needing to read this poem he quotes to feel sane. It's the poem I've been in no shape to write. Do you identify with the mother racked with unconditional love? The practical, and probably rightly angry speaker? Or the speaker at the end, who suddenly realizes and marvels at the weight of this mother's love - as mysterious and beautiful as the moon?
Monday, June 6, 2011
How's Married Life?
|I separated 3 packs of M&Ms by color to decorate this
Eurovision-Dusseldorf cake... for love.
- How's married life?
- Does it feel different being married?
- What's your new name?
These are the most common questions I've fielded since my wedding, and that can mean only one thing: the People demand a Shut Up and Love blog post on these three topics.
Here's a full report, eight dear readers: weddings and marriages have nothing to do with each other.
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San Diego is one of my favorite cities. I try to make it to Petco Park at least once a year when the Dodgers visit. For some odd reason, I haven't gone back since 2008.
I use to go often when my wife was in college. There's so much to do there. It's not just about going to the game.
I went with my friend Jason last Monday to catch the Dodgers/Padres game at Petco Park. You might remember Jason from his "Bat Boy" game in Camelback Ranch. {linked here}
We left from the O.C. area at 10 a.m. and arrived in San Diego before noon. No traffic at all.
Parked in front of Petco Park. $10 bucks all day! That's Jason with his #18 Hiroki Kuroda jersey.
Seeing Billingsley getting a snack and Casey Blake walking around with his family and drinking a coffee got us hungry. Plus seeing Juan Rivera and his hot girlfriend drinking didn't hurt either.
We decided to walk to the Gaslamp District {linked here} and eat lunch. Which is a minute walk away.
Went inside the Hard Rock hotel and saw this...
Shakiraaaaaaa! Stop singing in English and go back to your Spanish Rock/Red hair look!
San Diego Convention Center.
Check out Chuck Jones gallery.
We ate at Burger Lounge. {linked here}
Great choice! Check out this burger. It was amazing.
We saw a couple of Dodgers eating at the Gaslamp district. It's a great area to hang out. But I would not disturb them. I don't think it's cool to bug them for a autograph when they are eating or hanging with family.
After lunch we went back to Petco Park.
Here's Don Mattingly.
Andre Ethier talking to the fans. Had some interesting words toward the Dodgers situation. Not happy with his contract. Jason was shocked. He literally cried.
Don't worry Jason. Good times are ahead.
Go Car.
Jamey Carroll - The kid with the blue shirt came from Kentucky with his brother and parents. Nice to see Dodger fans coming from far away places.
We did that for a while and went back to Gaslamp. Horton Plaza to be exact.
Not sure what happened to this plaza. But it's not the same as a few years ago.
Gaslamp District -
Isn't it great to have this type of neighborhood next your stadium? Dodger Stadium has nothing. You get in, you get out as fast as you can. Here in San Diego you can spend the whole day eating, drink, shop before and after the game. It's awesome.
Went back to Petco Park. It was getting close to 4:30 p.m. That's when you are allowed to get inside the stadium. But only to watch Batting Practice from "The Beach".
What a view!
Video -
Rick Vaughn watched BP -
Matt Kemp giving a Baseball to a fan.
Unlike Dodger Stadium, you get the playbill upon entering Petco Park. Bigger too! 62 pages.
You can watch the game on this huge screen behind Center Field.
In 2003 the Padres announced that 10,000 bricks were going to be installed at Petco Park when it opens in 2004. I participated in the brick program. My brick was to say "Roberto Baly, Dodger fan forever". It was rejected by the Padres.
This was my other choice.
Whenever you go to Petco Park, you can see my brick at the Palm Court Plaza. I actually have a very funny story in regards to this brick. One where my mom made fun of me. I'll post that tomorrow.
This is the view from inside the Padres gift shop.
Went inside the stadium.
Video - Hiroki Kuroda swimming.
Kuroda throwing a ball towards me. I missed it.
Andre Ethier -
Steve Lyons -
Ethier signing autographs -
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Matt Kemp at the beach.
Jason got great seats. Section 116. We sat for the first 5 innings.
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After the 5th inning, we left and walked around Petco Park.
You need to check this out when you visit Petco.
The Padres do a great job in honoring the Military.
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This is behind "The Beach". It's a park where fans can hang out and watch the game from the big screen. You can lay in the grass and let your kids run around.
Kids can play baseball too. I can't wait to take my son and let him take some swings when he's older.
Another view -
Orlando Hudson hits a homer against Clayton Kershaw. Fireworks!
Dodgers win. Great night. I might just go back this September with the family when the Dodgers visit.
Big thanks to Jason and all the fans that said hello! One lady said "You're that Vin Scully guy?" and I said "No, I'm Roberto". :)
Never been to Petco Park? You should go!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
San Diego Trip - Dodgers vs Padres
2 comments:
- JJ said...
Awesome. I grew up in LA basically living at Dodger Stadium during summer and have never been to Petco. Will have to check it out. I now live in Denver and have been to Coors Field plenty to see the Azul when they come to town and it is very cool as well...
- August 4, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- gcrl said...
nice report! i miss driving to sandy eggo to see dodger games. even in the mid to late '90's at the murph it was a blast. easy in and out as well. i'll have to make it back to check out petco someday.
- August 4, 2011 at 2:41 PM
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Memphis Redbirds fan favorite, Richard Keith 'Stubby' Clapp, played seven seasons in the Cardinals organization, four of those with the Redbirds. The second baseman was known as the 'Mayor of Memphis' around town and delighted fans with his traditional pre-game flip, a round-off back-flip combination.
Stubby helped the Redbirds win their first and only team championship in 2000 and made his major league debut the following year on June 18. He had a short stay as a Big Bird, playing in 23 games where he hit .200 (5-for-25). He was released to free agency in 2002 and spent the next two years in the Braves, Indians and Blue Jays organizations before retiring.
On Stubby Clapp Day (above), April 21, 2007, the former Redbird's No. 10 was retired at AutoZone Park. The likable infielder holds the all-time Redbirds records for runs (258), walks (222) and triples (19). No other Redbird has worn No. 10 since Clapp left.
Pictured above is the Stubby Clapp bobblehead (the third of the 2009 collection) that will be given away to the first 1500 fans to attend Monday's home game on June 8, when the Redbirds host the New Orleans Zephyrs.
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All 31 other teams could have picked up Rainey today after the Steelers put him on waivers Monday, but apparently no team wants anything to do with a guy who was known as a character risk heading into last year's draft and was accused of slapping his girlfriend last month.
Now Rainey becomes an unrestricted free agent, and despite his off-field problems, his odds of getting some team to sign him to a minimum-salary contract and put him on a 90-man offseason roster are reasonably good: Rainey does have talent, and he was the Steelers' primary kickoff returner last season while also getting some playing time at running back.
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A number of very astute observers have written accounts of their travels during which they collected economic information, and described the political, economic, legal, and social condition of the countries through which they passed. Arthur Young's Travels in France on the eve of the French Revolution are perhaps the best known of these. Thomas Hodgskin also wrote very interesting accounts of his trip to the northern German states where he thought that unwise intervention by the governments hampered German economic development compared to that taking place in Britain.


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Earnings for the financial services sector improved an average of 23% in the quarter ended Sept. 30, down from 65% in the prior quarter, according to data compiled by Reuters.
Sales for financial services firms moved up 22% on average in Q3, after improving 25% in Q1. The sector's 12-month sales growth rate is 23% on average, as of Sept. 30.
The financial services sector's earnings-per-share growth rate over the past five years remains at 25%, Reuters says.
Financial stocks, as measured by the Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF), are up 31% year to date; the iShares Financial ETF (IYF) has ticked up 28%. Both ETFs are beating the Dow Jones (22.5%) and S&P 500 (26%), though the Market Vectors Bank and Brokerage ETF (RKH) is trying to catch up at 18%.
Some larger institutions had strong improvements in their quarterly results in the period ended Sept. 30, while one moved dramatically into the red and another had very weak growth.
Here are 13 companies, ranked in terms of how they out- or underperformed their broker-dealer rivals.
(Check out last quarter's winners and losers in 13 Best & Worst Broker-Dealers: Q2 Earnings at ThinkAdvisor.)
13th Place
JPMorgan replaces Investors Capital at the bottom of the pack after it reported its first loss under CEO Jamie Dimon in the quarter ended Sept. 30: a shortfall of $380 million, or $0.17 a share, vs. profits of $5.71 billion, or $1.40 a share—representing a year-over-year decrease in net income of more than $6 billion.
It took a $7.2 billion charge to cover the cost of rising legal and regulatory issues. (On Nov. 20, it reached a $13 billion settlement with U.S. regulators.)
Revenue for the quarter was $23.9 billion, compared with $25.9 billion in the prior year.
The company said its latest pretax legal charge was $9.2 billion, compared with $684 million a year earlier. It has litigation reserves of about $23 billion, but believes it's possible for losses to top these reserves by $5.7 billion.
"While we had strong underlying performance across the businesses, unfortunately, the quarter was marred by large legal expense," Dimon said in a press release.
In the period, Asset Management had net income of $476 million, a 7% jump from the prior year, while net revenue improved 12% to $2.8 billion. Revenue from Private Banking hit $1.5 billion, up 9%, while retail sales rose 36% to $722 million. Institutional sales were $553 million, down 2% from a year ago.
12th Place
Investors Capital (ICH), set to be acquired by RCS Capital (RCAP), posted a net loss of $781,500 for the quarter ended Sept. 30, vs. a net profit of $280,200 a year ago—representing a drop of about $1 million.
Total revenue for the independent broker-dealer, though, grew about 10% year over year to $22.28 million.
The IBD says the increase "was due primarily to top-line growth of both commissions and advisory fees organically through the firm's practice management initiatives, attracting and recruiting new financial advisors, and improved financial market conditions."
Commission revenue improved 8% to $17.02 million in same period of 2012, while fee revenue expanded 14% to $4.54 million last year.
The firm also says its average revenue per representative, based on a rolling 12-month period, rose to an all-time high of $196,689, an increase of 16.1% over $169,373 for the prior rolling 12-month period.
"I'm pleased to see our revenue momentum …," said President & CEO Timothy B. Murphy. "Organic growth from our practice management initiatives, recruitment of successful advisors, and a tailwind from improved market and economic conditions have all combined to achieve commendable … revenue results."
11th Place
Goldman Sachs tumbles for last quarter's top spot as it said its third-quarter net income was basically flat–ticking up just 1%, to $1.52 billion, or $2.88 a share, vs. $1.51 billion, or $2.85, a year ago. These results beat estimates, but net revenue fell way short of expectations.
The bank, led by Lloyd Blankfein, did trim costs by 25% to $4.56 billion in the third quarter, and compensation expenses declined by 35%.
"Ongoing uncertainty around the economic outlook and the traditional seasonal slowdown drove a significant reduction in client activity during the quarter, said CFO Harvey M. Schwartz, in a call with analysts early Thursday.
Investment-management fees topped $1 billion but were 1% lower than they were in the prior quarter. Assets under supervision grew by $36 billion to a $991 billion. "Net market appreciation of $19 billion was primarily in equity assets, while $17 billion in inflows were concentrated in fixed income assets," according to Schwartz.
10th Place
LPL Financial said its third-quarter net income increased about 10% year over year to $37.6 million, or $0.36 per share, from $34.3 million, or $0.31 per share last year.
It beat analysts' estimates with net revenue of $1.05 billion for the third quarter of 2013, up 16% from a year ago.
This included a 19% jump in commission revenue and a nearly 12% improvement in advisory revenue. Plus, recurring revenue represented 64.0% of total sales in the period, LPL says.
"Advisor productivity continues to be strong and points in positive direction moving into the fourth quarter across our advisory and brokerage businesses," said CFO Dan Arnold, in an interview with ThinkAdvisor.
On the advisory side, net new asset were up 11% or by $4 billion in the third quarter. "This shows our great strength in attracting assets across both our hybrid RIA and corporate RIA programs," Arnold said.
On the brokerage side, average advisor productivity improved to $156,000 in the third quarter from $152,000 in the second quarter, "which bucked the trend of a summer slowdown mainly due to third-quarter sales of alternative products," the CFO shared.
LPL had 13,563 affiliated advisors as of Sept. 30, up from 13,409 on June 30 and from 13,170 a year ago.
9th Place
Wells Fargo said its net income rose 13% year over year in the third quarter, despite a 42% drop in its mortgage banking income.
Wells Fargo reported net income of $5.6 billion, or $0.99 a share, vs. $4.9 billion, or $0.88 cents a share, last year. Analysts had estimated Wells Fargo would earn $0.97 cents per share.
Wells Fargo made $80 billion in home loans, down from $139 billion last year, and mortgage- banking income fell 43% to $1.61 billion.
Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement reported net income of $450 million, up $16 million, or 4%, from the previous quarter. Revenue of $3.3 billion increased $46 million, or 1%, from the prior quarter.
Client assets in wealth management totaled $209 billion, up 5% year over year. IRA assets were $326 billion, up 10%, and Institutional Retirement plan assets hit $288 billion, a year-over-year jump of 11%.
Its headcount of client-facing professionals stands at 18,632 — including 15,285 financial advisors and 3,347 licensed bankers.
8th Place
Raymond James Financial said net income of $117.5 million, or $0.82 per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30 topped last year's results by 41% and last quarter's by 40%.
Sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30 grew 5% from last year and 1 % from the prior quarter to $1.12 billion, topping estimates.
"Results this quarter were lifted by a beneficial tax rate and better than expected results in Capital Markets and Raymond James Bank," said CEO Paul Reilly, in a press release.
The firm's Private Client Group revenues grew 7% from the prior year quarter to $742.5 million, but were down slightly from last quarter (when the unit had sales of $745 million.)
The unit's pretax income, though, grew 26% from last year and 10% from the preceding quarter to $64.6 million, "as profitability benefited from continued realization of operating efficiencies, particularly related to technology expenses," the company says.
The firm has 6,197 advisors in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, down 4 from the prior quarter and 13 from last year.
7th Place
Morgan Stanley said its third-quarter earnings from continuing operations rose about 80% to $1.01 billion vs. $560 million. Revenue grew about 7% to $8.1 billion from the year-ago period, excluding debt value adjustments.
The bank saw its equity sales and trading boost revenue to $1.7 billion from $1.3 billion in the year-ago period. Its fixed-income and commodities trading revenues, however, declined sharply to $835 million from $1.5 billion in the third quarter of 2012.
"Our strategy to combine a world class investment bank with the stability of the largest U.S. wealth management franchise and strong investment management is enabling us to deliver exceptional advice and execution for our clients as well as stronger returns for our shareholders," said Chairman and CEO James P. Gorman, in a press release.
Wealth-management operations at the investment bank, which account for 43% of total sales, grew 8% year over year to almost $3.5 billion. And the unit's net income jumped to $430 million, a 32% gain over last quarter and nearly double the year-ago period's results.
The number of advisors at Morgan Stanley grew 1% to 16,517 in the third quarter. The wealth-management unit has seen a number of highly productive advisors depart to rival firms this year but continues to attract FAs.
6th Place
Stifel Financial (SF) said its net income from continuing operations was $74.9 million, or $1.00 per share, on net revenues of $478.6 million in the third quarter – a jump of 100% from last year's net income of $37.4 million, or $0.60 per share, on sales of $414.2 million.
The Global Wealth Management unit had a pre-tax operating income of $72.1 million, down from $78.9 million in the second quarter of 2013. However, net revenues for the quarter were $274.7 million, compared with $250.9 million in the third quarter of 2012.
"Despite the fact that the industry reflected muted client activity during the summer months, we are pleased with our third quarter results," said Chairman and President Ronald J. Kruszewski in a press release.
The company says the increase in net revenues from the third quarter of 2012 is primarily attributable to (1) an increase in commission revenues; (2) growth in asset management and service fees; and (3) increased net interest revenues.
Stifel has 2,075 financial advisors, up from 2,069 as of June 30 and 2,042 a year ago. It also has some $154 billion in assets under management.
5th Place
Ameriprise Financial said its net income rose nearly 120%, to $381 million, or $1.86 per share, in the third quarter vs. $174 million, or $0.79 per share, a year ago.
Operating net revenues increased 7% percent to $2.7 billion, driven by growing client net inflows, client activity and market appreciation.
"We had an excellent quarter with strong growth in revenue and record operating earnings," said Chairman and CEO Jim Cracchiolo, in an earnings release. "We are building on the momentum we've experienced throughout the year; wealth management is producing strong results and assets under management are up across the firm."
Advice & Wealth Management saw its client assets grew 13% year over year to $389 billion, while total wrap assets increased 19% to $144 billion.
Its advisors finalized $55 million worth of financial plans in the third quarter vs. $61 million in prior quarter and $49 million in the year-ago period.
The headcount for Ameriprise's financial advisors reached 9,761, down from 9,788 in the second quarter and 9,815 a year ago. About three-fourths of the reps are franchisees, while the rest are employee advisors.
Average revenue per FA was $110,000 in the third quarter—up from $98,000 a year ago.
4th Place
Ladenburg Thalmann said its net income jumped to a profitable $2.4 million vs. a loss of $6 million a year ago—a change of $8.4 million. While this was a small amount compared to other heavy-hitters, the turnaround was really strong, thus its fourth place ranking.
The third quarter 2013 results included $1.7 million of amortization of retention loans related to the Securities America acquisition and a $0.9 million gain from a change in fair value of contingent consideration tied to the Securities America deal.
Ladenburg has some 2,700 independent financial advisors and more than $80 billion in client assets. Commissions in Q3 were $101.5 million vs. $80.6 million a year ago, while advisory fees grew to $70 million from $58.7 million.
"We are excited about our ability to both continue to grow our independent brokerage and advisory platform organically and through acquisitions in order to capitalize on favorable demographic trends and expand our investment banking business to drive future results," said President & CEO Richard Lampen.
3rd Place
UBS had a third-quarter profit of 577 million Swiss francs ($644 million) vs. a 2.1 billion-francs loss in the year-ago period—an improvement of 2.7 billion francs (or $3 billion)
The results included charges of 586 million francs for litigation, regulatory and related matters, issues that—along with larger capital requirements—are likely to limit its ability to meet its profit targets in 2015, the bank says.
In the latest period, the bank trimmed operating expenses and staff. Its total headcount fell to 60,635 from 62,628 last year. UBS says it has set aside some $803 million to settle claims in the United States tied to mortgage-backed securities.
Its Wealth Management-Americas unit recorded a pre-tax profit of $218 million, up 32% from $165 million in 3Q12 but down 11% from 2Q13, which had a record profit of $245 million.
In terms of its advisor headcount, the number of FAs rose to 7,137 from 7,099 in 2Q13 and 7,032 in 3Q12.
2nd Place
Citigroup it had a third-quarter profit of $3.23 billion profit in the third quarter, missing analysts' estimates, but handily topping last year's net income of $468 million with a 590% increase and improvement of close to $2.8 billion.
It blamed the miss a 26% decline in bond trading and fallback in U.S. mortgage activity.
(In last year's third-quarter, the bank recorded a $2.9 billion loss on its Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture.)
"We performed relatively well in this challenging, uneven macro environment. While many of the factors which influence our revenues are not within our full control, we certainly can control our costs and I am pleased with our expense discipline and improved efficiency year-to-date," said CEO Michael Corbat, in a press release.
Overall, securities and banking sales dropped 2% from the prior-year period to $4.7 billion, while the unit's net income shrank 16% from last year to $989 million Private bank revenues, however, improved 1% to $614 million.
1st Place
Bank of America took over the top spot from Goldman Sachs after BofA reported that its third-quarter net income rose to $2.5 billion, a jump of about 635% from last year's $340 million.
The bank's results benefited from increases in equity investment income, net interest income and investment and brokerage income, as well as improved credit quality and lower expenses. Still, it did face headwinds like lower mortgage-banking income and adjustments to deferred tax assets related to U.K. corporate income tax rate reductions.
BofA said its Global Wealth and Investment Management unit had revenue of $4.4 billion, up 8% from last year but 2% off last quarter's results.
Asset flows were $9.7 billion, a nearly 80% year-over-year growth rate. This marks the 17th consecutive quarter of positive flows, the bank says, and the highest third-quarter level since BofA merged with Merrill Lynch.
Total GWIM client balances were $2.28 trillion, of which $1.85 trillion were held in Merrill accounts.
Merrill Lynch revenues were $3.6 billion, up close to 7% over last year but down nearly 3% from last quarter due to reduced market activity and seasonality, the bank says.
BofA says it has a total of 15,624 advisors, down 135 from the prior quarter and 1,135 from a year ago. It also reports that is has 16,846 wealth advisor (including FAs) and 19,534 client-facing professionals across the wealth unit.
(Check out last quarter's winners and losers in 13 Best & Worst Broker-Dealers: Q2 Earnings at ThinkAdvisor.


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The NY Post ran a cropped version of the above photo in a story this morning about how Jeremy Lin, who's been sleeping on his brother's couch on the Lower East Side, is now searching for a home of his own, as it seems Lin will be sticking around New York a little longer. (He will also be making the league minimum $613,567 for second-year players.)
The uncropped version of this photo is, obviously, better. I found it in a collection of player planking photos at NBA Funny Moments blog. Aside from John Wall, nobody even comes close to Lin in planking ability.


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Planning, partnerships are keys to effective water management
Water users in Michigan can work together to reduce water use conflicts and share available water. Planning for future water availability can reduce the risks of conflicts and ensure that needs are consistent with the availability of water resources.
Property law provides the cornerstone for how Michigan manages water use. In Michigan, the rights to withdraw surface water or ground water are tied to land ownership, and each property owner has a legal right to reasonable uses of water. Conflicts that arise when a user's withdrawal negatively affects the availability of water to another user have traditionally been settled through litigation. None of this has changed.
However, to bring the state's program in line with the tenets of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, how Michigan manages water use from another perspective has changed. What the compact and Michigan's water use program make explicit is that in addition to conflicts between water users, conflicts can occur between human uses of water and ecological health. Changes in Michigan's law are intended to reduce the likelihood of such conflicts.
Under Michigan law, water withdrawals may not pose unacceptable risks for water-dependent ecosystems; the health of such ecosystems is judged by the health of fish populations in affected water bodies. Proposed surface water or ground water withdrawals with a capacity of 100,000 gallons per day (gpd) or more are screened to ensure that they will not have unacceptable ecological impacts. Withdrawals that may pose such a risk are subjected to further review by technical experts. If a proposed withdrawal presents the potential for ecological harm as defined by state statute, it cannot go forward.
Under property law, every riparian has the legal right to a reasonable use of water, but from a regulatory perspective, using water cannot cause ecological harm. Is there a conflict between the goals of ensuring that individuals can exercise their water use rights and preventing ecological harm?
Michigan's water use program provides two different routes to ensuring that both water rights and ecosystems are protected. First, Michigan's regulations provide for negotiation among water users with the capacity to withdraw 100,000 gpd or more within identified watersheds. If total withdrawals in a given watershed must be reduced to make water available for a new user with rights under property law, users can negotiate among themselves the distribution of the available water.
Second, if existing water users are unable to agree on how to share available water so that a new user can exercise water use rights, the new user may resort to litigation in order to ensure protection of those rights — just like under Michigan's pre-existing property law system.
Water users may also be called upon to negotiate reductions in withdrawals if for any reason the amount of water available becomes insufficient to support both existing users and ecological protection. In that case, users can attempt to negotiate the distribution of available water. If water users are unable to reach agreement among themselves, the state may seek to protect ecological health through litigation authority provided in the water use statute.
Because of these opportunities for collaborative management of water resources, water users may be well served to begin learning about their local water resources. Some watersheds in Michigan are facing greater water stress than others.
Especially in those areas, water users may want to begin thinking about and planning for future water management efforts. Good places to start looking for information on water resources include the Michigan Ground Water Inventory and Mapping Project, Michigan State University's Institute of Water Research, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Water Use Program, and the U.S. Geological Survey Michigan Water Science Center.
Negotiation among large-quantity water users in the event of water scarcity is not the only route through which Michigan's citizens may have a say in how water resources are shared in a given watershed. Local governments may want to consider how water planning can benefit future community and economic development initiatives.
Local planning and zoning officials, as well as economic development officers, can obtain water availability data against which the Master Plan and zoning map can be evaluated to look for incompatible planned development (for example, zones allowing rural subdivision developments that will rely upon private domestic wells for drinking water, but which fall mostly in local watersheds with little or no available water).
Michigan's Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool is used to screen proposed withdrawals with a capacity of 100,000 gpd or more. It can also be used by planning and zoning officials to download water availability GIS data for use in their computer mapping systems or use the query and mapping functions built into the Tool to discover the spatial variation of the availability of surface water and groundwater in their area of jurisdiction. More information on Michigan's water use program is available in the MSU Extension Bulletin WQ-60, Considering aquatic ecosystems: The basis for Michigan's new Water Withdrawal Assessment Process.
These topics and other issues related to water and climate variability and change will be addressed as part of a series of five webinars on "Climate, Water, and Agriculture." These free webinars run from 1 p.m to 2 p.m. on the following Fridays: March 9, 16, 23, 30 and April 13. Community and Social Considerations in Water Management will be held March 30. Registration is requested at http://bit.ly/climatewaterwebinar.


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Italian Spaghetti and Meatballs
Total TimePrep: 30 min. Cook: 1-1/2 hours
Makes6 servings
- 2 cans (28 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 can (12 ounces) tomato paste
- 1-1/2 cups water, divided
- 3 tablespoons grated onion
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 bay leaf
- 1-1/4 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic, divided
- 3/4 teaspoon pepper, divided
- 6 slices day-old bread, torn into pieces
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1 pound ground beef
- Hot cooked spaghetti
- Additional Parmesan cheese, optional
- In a Dutch oven, combine the tomatoes, tomato paste, 1 cup water, onion, sugar, oregano, bay leaf and 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, garlic and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 1-1/4 hours.
- Meanwhile, soak bread in remaining water. Squeeze out excess moisture. In a large bowl, combine the bread, eggs, Parmesan cheese, parsley and remaining salt, garlic and pepper. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into thirty-six 1-1/2-in. meatballs.
- Place meatballs on a rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20 minutes or until no longer pink; drain. Transfer to spaghetti sauce. Simmer, uncovered, until heated through, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaf. Serve with spaghetti; if desired, top with additional Parmesan.
Nutrition Facts1-2/3 cups: 373 calories, 13g fat (5g saturated fat), 123mg cholesterol, 1201mg sodium, 39g carbohydrate (17g sugars, 7g fiber), 26g protein.
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Meatballs were tasty. Sauce needed more flavor.
May 31, 2015
Awesome !!!!! I did not add the eggs....Worked out great ....
Jun 17, 2014
Six slices of bread for one pound of meat & 2 eggs? Seems like a lot. For even 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of meat I use only 1/2 cup of seasoned bread crumbs or 2 slices of bread and 1 egg. I do one egg per 1 pound of meat. When in season I use fresh basil. Gives the sauce and meat a wonderful refreshing taste.
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Feb 17, 2013
The time to make was to long and the meatballs were tasteless.
Feb 10, 2013
What a great recipe. My family and I loved it. Could hardly wait for it to be done cooking. The only thing I did differently was to use my blender to smooth out the tomatoes because my hubby and daughter don't like tomato chunks. Will be making this again.
Jan 28, 2013
nice american standard. meatballs are tender, but i think they are made with a little too much bread - it does make it spread though, makes a lot of spaghetti. my family ate with relish.
Jan 25, 2013
The sauce was sour-tasting and bland. It improved by the addition of 1 qt. of Prego-but still so-so. The meatballs had too much bread in them-3 slices would have been enough. If this is authentic Italian, where are the spices? 1-1/2 tsp of oregano was just not enough. Sorry.


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The consumption profile shows the relationship between the time of the day and the water flow rate. This is relevant in connection to water boosting systems.
The consumption profile is the relationship between the time of the day and the water flow rate.
Consumption profiles vary from each other depending on the application and the installation types.
Example: In a hotel, the water demand will fluctuate a lot during the day. Demand is highest in the morning, as most of the guests shower, and all activities including cleaning, cooking and washing starts up.
Demand peaks again around dinnertime. A typical consumption profile for the hotel example is shown in the illustration.
The consumption profile is important information in the selection process. It greatly influences the choice of booster system type, and the number of pumps required.
A load profile can be made based on this information. From this, we can see how many hours per day a certain flow is required.


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18 Great Late Night Bites in Williamsburg and Greenpoint
Williamsburg is a party neighborhood to be sure, but also more of a dining out destination every day. So when it gets late and you're feeling hungry after a drink or two, you don't need to sacrifice good taste to fill your belly. Whether it's a slice, a taco, a Chinese pancake, or some fried pig tails, we have you covered with 18 of our late night favorites in the neighborhood—including some from nearby Greenpoint for good measure.
- Pizetta at Manhattan Inn
- Oysters at Maison Premiere
- Fish Tacos and More at Nights & Weekends
- Pigs in a Blanket at Huckleberry Bar
- Whatever's on the Menu at No Name Bar
- Pizza and Meatball Parm at Best Pizza
- Fried Pig Tails at The Brooklyn Star
- Plain Slice at Anna Maria Pizza
- Burger and Fish Sandwich at Dumont Burger
- Fried Chicken at Pies 'n' Thighs
- Mini Cheeseburger at Snacky
- Tacos at Tacos Morelos
- Sesame Pancake Sandwiches at Vanessa's Dumpling House
- Pizza at Williamsburg Pizza
- Miso Ramen at Ramen Yebisu
- Cheeseburger (and Fried Chicken) at the Commodore
- Meatballs at The Meatball Shop


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10 big mistakes people make when choosing a martial arts school
Ten mistakes that people often make when engaging a martial arts school can impact how you see the industry and easily be avoided. This article points out where you can easily make these mistakes and how you can do things differently to ensure your kid's experience of Mixed Martial Arts is enjoyable and safe.Read more
Public Speaking Online in a Post Covid19 World
The online clubs are proving to powerfully harness 21st-century learning by using Zoom. The platform is perfect for delivering meetings and speeches and gives young people a familiar forum to share their voice in a public sphere from the comfort of their own home. The break-out sessions allow members to connect with each other, share ideas, make new friends and deliver engaging speeches to screen. It is a launching pad for brilliance and breeding ground for tomorrow's passionate people.Read more
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May 20, 2012
Tenderness does not choose its own uses.
It goes out to everything equally,
circling rabbit and hawk.
Look: in the iron bucket,
a single nail, a single ruby--
all the heavens and hells.
They rattle in the heart and make one sound.
-Jane Hirshfield, "Late Prayer."
"I was a hidden treasure and I longed to be known. And so I created the worlds visible and invisible." -Islamic saying (c/o Cynthia Bourgeault
Matthew 15:21-28
Jesus left that place and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And suddenly out came a Canaanite woman from that district and started shouting, 'Lord, Son of David, take pity on me. My daughter is tormented by a devil.'23
But he said not a word in answer to her. And his disciples went and pleaded with him, saying, 'Give her what she wants, because she keeps shouting after us.'24
He said in reply, 'I was sent only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.'25
But the woman had come up and was bowing low before him. 'Lord,' she said, 'help me.'26
He replied, 'It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to little dogs.'27
She retorted, 'Ah yes, Lord; but even little dogs eat the scraps that fall from their masters' table.'28
Then Jesus answered her, 'Woman, you have great faith. Let your desire be granted.' And from that moment her daughter was well again.
Guitar playing is a lot like textual analysis—we each have a different signature, and we each bring to the task our own peculiar point of view. When approaching the text, we see what we want to see. We see what we need to see. There are so many ways of seeing this story. Jung said in our dreams, we are all the characters. Most novelists I know would agree. So with scripture. We are the Canaanite woman asking for what she needs for her daughter, we are the disciples wanting the problem to be solved and we are Jesus, breaking through our own cultural boxes and conceptual barriers.
The more I go along my spiritual journey, the more I read about Jesus, or Krishna or the Buddha for that matter, the more I am convinced that Jesus is a portal to the Point, which is love, which is presence, which is power for the powerless. And as much as I have learned from my many years of studying Buddhism and practicing meditation, from decades of yoga and close reading of the Bhagavhad Gita, Jesus is my portal. At the end of the day, I am a Christian for four reasons.
First of all, I believe in the radical social justice Jesus spent the bulk of his ministry advocating for. Second, Jesus is a healer. I have spoken in the past about the particular healing I've witnessed and experienced, and for me this wholeness, this power to make one well now matters more to me than any promises of eternal life.
Third, and woven into and everything warp and weft that Jesus teaches is the concept of the Kingdom of God, which I take to mean a state of consciousness open and welcoming to all. I'll talk about this more in a moment. But the fourth reason I love Jesus is not that he died for my sins. Patti Smith said, "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine." Well, that's one of the many things I don't know about. I respectfully leave questions about eternal life on the altar, along with many other questions I have. Like Iris DeMent, I prefer to let the mystery be. But that particular calculus about original sin and redemption, Jesus as sacrificial lamb never rang true for me. I am much more interested in how Jesus directed us to live today.
I had the good fortune to be raised in a Presbyterian church where it was a matter of course for the minister to work out his doubts up in the pulpit with all of us as witnesses. Jesus's gospel took us into the inner city where we worked side by side with members of an African American church to learn how to create more possibilities for the young people there. Eternal life versus hellfire and damnation weren't mentioned.
No, the fourth reason I love Jesus is because I agree with King Missile. Jesus is way cool. I just love the man. Jesus is uniquely and eternally Jesus, just as Johnny is Johnny, Lila is Lila, Tom is Tom and Katryna is Katryna. He is a person and a personality, and I love him, just the way I love those intimate members of my family. I don't expect this reason to win over any converts, but that's not really my business. And yet, I do feel passionate these days more than ever, that it's imperative for Christians like me to make our voices heard loudly and clearly that Jesus called us to love so hugely, so persistently that love can overcome our own prejudices. All of our prejudices.
This passage from Matthew has it all: social justice, healing, Jesus's huge insight into the meaning of the Kingdom of God, and most of all because in this story of the Canaanite mama, we see Jesus himself change, learn and grow beyond his own prejudices. He evolves! As with Siddartha Gautama, as with our own president, we get to see Jesus's own spiritual journey.
I was going to talk about how mad I am about the North Carolina vote, but you all are mad about that too, and for us all to be mad together is really no different than what happens in a Bible Belt church where the preacher bashes Obama and cites Leviticus and everyone agrees that abortion and homosexuality are abominations. We've had Steve already teach us that the book of Leviticus might be well understood as a documentary explaining animal and agricultural policy in the 5th C BCE. You all know that other references to homosexuality are from the letters of Paul, a passionate, possibly closeted homosexual who was clearly struggling with all sorts of questions about how to create a church in the 1st c.
And yet, my friend Peter Ives, the retired long-time pastor at First Churches in Northampton, a congregational church like this one, says that the world needs people who will take the ancients texts we know as the Bible and rescue them from the hands of the religious right. And as much as I want to rise above the fray and not engage in the dialectic/perpetuate an us/them mentality, I also feel that this is a fight worth having, just as the Canaanite woman thinks it's worth it to persuade Jesus to heal her daughter.
In researching this text, The traditional Bible Belt interpretation of this passage says that Jesus was cool and noncommittal to the Canaanite mother because he was testing her faith. In this view, Jesus is omniscient, knowing exactly who and what he is, eternal; a judge, watching us to see what we will do. Will we make the right choice? Excellent! Go on and be healed then!
But I think what's really going on is more interesting than that. I was fortunate to be in the old church one Sunday several years ago, when I got to hear Steve preach on a similar passage in Mark. In the Mark version, she is a Syro-Phoenician mama; either way, these were tribes who were enemies of the Jews in the same way Native American Indians were enemies of the American settlers of the 1800's. In other words, oppressed people who were at best marginalized and at worst victims of genocide. And Jesus may be blind to this. As the passage begins, he sees this woman as outside the purview of his ministry. IF he sees her at all. And yet, she is willing to reach across a great divide to engage him, and after she succeeds in getting his attention by saying, Yes, you might see me as a dog, but make a place for dogs in your Kingdom of God. Jesus hears this. He grants her request. In the Marcan gospel, he goes further, saying "For that retort, be on your way, the demon has come out of your daughter." She returned home and found the child lying on the bed and the demon gone." (Mk. 7:25-30).
So Jesus is changed, by a radical act of listening and engaging, and doing his own share of reaching across a great cultural divide of class, race, gender and religion. This was way out there for a first century rabbi.
I get that I have to reach across a great divide too, that somehow I have to communicate with people I basically have no dealings with—the religious right. And it's sad that I have no dealings with them. Like the Jews and the Canaanites, we share a land. We even theoretically share a faith, though at times it's hard for me to recognize my Jesus in their idea of Christ. If you put a Bible between us, we'd rip it apart; me taking the synoptic gospels, the psalms and the prophets, while they take John, Revelations and the letters of Paul. I'd point out that there are 7 dubious mentions of homosexuality in the Bible while the directive to take care of the poor is mentioned over 300 times. If you removed all the times the Bible mentioned the poor the book would fall apart.
But back to the Canaanite woman. She reminds me of Akhilandeshvari. Akhilandeshvari is a Hindu goddess whose long name means, in typical Sanskrit fashion, "Never Not Broken." She is the goddess we find when we are in a heap on the floor after a breakup, after a bad diagnosis, after bad news about our child. She comes to us in that place where everything we once knew is lost and we somehow have to scramble to make sense of it all. In some traditions, she rides a crocodile; in others she actually is a crocodile, carrying her children in what my yoga teacher Sara Rose calls the "safest and most dangerous place—her mouth." And like a crocodile, who destroys its prey not by biting but by whirling it around in the water until it passes out from disorientation, she wants us confused. She wants us so confused that we surrender our tightly held beliefs and have the willingness to try something else. Ironically, the teaching is that in this broken state, we are the most powerful that we'll ever be. Why? For the same reason Jesus tells us that the rich man will have so much trouble entering the Kingdom of Heaven. Or to quote Bob Dylan, "When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose." It is when we are at our most powerless that we have to rely on the power of God. Either that, or shake our fist at God, which might be the same thing. (That's how my 3 year old functions, at any rate.)
I see Akhilandeshvari in the Canaanite mama, at her wits' end with worry about her little daughter, chasing after this Nazarene, this amazing faith healer and just throwing her ALL into her request. And when Jesus basically likens her to a dog, she retorts right back, Yes I am a dog. And dogs need to be fed too. This is an amazing combination of self-esteem, assertiveness and humility.
I think in this moment, Jesus really gets that his call is to everyone, even the people he had regarded as outsiders or even enemies. Because after this passage, in the Marcan gospel, the very next story is the one about Jesus healing a deaf and dumb person, by spitting on his tongue. Then Jesus sighs, looks up to heaven and says, "ephphatha," which means, "be opened." And is he talking to himself here? Hasn't he been opened by the Canaanite woman? Hasn't he been whirled around like Akhilandeshvari? And don't I need to be whirled around and opened up in order to hear you? Don't I need to be opened in order to speak to you? Don't I need to be open to love you, all of you? It's no hardship to love my gay, lesbian, transgendered and bisexual brothers and sisters. They are my friends, neighbors, employers, fans, family. They are me. I love them as myself, easily, fluidly, with no translation necessary. But how about Rush Limbaugh? How about Cardinal Dolan? How about the voters in North Carolina?
I know that what Jesus keeps pointing me towards is love and forgiveness. Forgive your brother 70 times 7. "You will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love…This is my commandment… that you love one another as I have loved you…" (John 15:10, 12). And it is true, in the same way that any law of nature or physics is true: when we love, we are dwelling in the kingdom of heaven, which as I said before I believe Jesus understands to be a state of mind, and not a physical destination or utopia. In the Kingdom of heaven, there is no distinction between God and human, no distinction between human and human. We experience that state every spiritual tradition talks about: Unity. Oneness. Non-dual consciousness. ("The Kingdom of God is within," Luke 17:21).
I know that when I drop the fight—really truly drop it and let it go and am glad to see it go--I am at peace. Or to borrow from a teaching of my husband Tom: when I can look deeply into your eyes and know, really know, that you are completely fine and well just as you are, I am automatically going to approach you, be with you, communicate with you differently—and better—than if I look at you to see how I can fix what's wrong, going over you with a fine tooth comb for nits (I know about nits this week.)
But what about the fighting? What about advocating for change? Doesn't there sometimes need to be struggle—a duel/dual-- in order to get to that place of peace? Is there peace without strife? Can one see white against a white background? That is what I want to get back to. Is there such a thing as holy anger? Does it rattle in my heart like the ruby and the nail and make the same sound? I think the better question is: Do I, like the Canaanite woman, persist (with love) to my enemies? What do I do when I have a friend with whom I respectfully disagree? Usually, I smile and nod and let her go on her way. Who am I to annoy her with my different opinion? The Buddha says, "Opinions just go around bothering other people." But Jesus overturned the money tables. He came to overturn the societal apple cart for sure. He spoke truth to power, over and over again. And yet he went without a fight to the cross. Do I lean too heavily on my passivity when I live and let live? i am so glad that when the church burned down, we didn't passively shrug and go, "Oh well, we still have the parish house." And I have to admit, that's where I was on January 17 2010. This is good enough for me.
It's not static. None of this is. With God, we don't get to nail anything to the floor. It's always a whole new ballgame. Again, this is why I am drawn to Jesus, my human brother who learns from human beings, who witnesses the Canaanite mama model this amazing balancing act of self-esteem and humility. Yes, there's anger. Yes, there's struggle. And over and over again, we get shaken by the struggle, rattled to our core, whirled around in the water, twirled around like a dervish. And if we are lucky, if we are open, if we are brave enough to shake our fists at God and demand God's attention, it breaks open. We break open. Our hearts break and the love comes pouring out, connecting us to each other. The visible world crumbles like the illusion it always was and something shiny catches our inner eye. We see ourselves in the other. We see the other as ourselves. Not "as much as" ourselves, but AS ourselves. Today, to me, that's worth it all. That's the God I worship and follow.


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21 March 2013
ellie's nursery
While I was pregnant, most of my nesting instincts went straight into putting together a nursery for Ellie. I may have gone overboard, as I generally do, but it was such a fun way to keep busy during the final months of my pregnancy and collaborate with Matt. And even though in the first weeks of her life, we barely used this room and the daily concerns of caring for a newborn eclipsed all thoughts of cute decor, now that she's almost three months old I think she's actually beginning to notice and appreciate her surroundings. I so hope it will be a happy and cozy place for her to spend the first few years of her life.
The starting point for this nursery was the vintage curtains that Matt found at a consignment shop. They're actually identical to a set my grandmother had and I can remember sleeping on those sheets as a child. I couldn't resist them and they set the palette for the whole room--bright pops of coral, aqua, yellow, and spring green. This is actually the largest bedroom in our house, perhaps a little large for a nursery, but it adjoins our bedroom so it gives us easy access at night. It was already painted a lovely gray color, so at least we didn't have to repaint! The previous owners also used this room as a nursery and had painted the boarded-up fireplace with chalkboard paint for an improvised drawing space.
We tried to re-use and re-purpose as many things as we could, and the only new furniture we bought for the room was the crib, which we got at IKEA. The window seat (also from IKEA) was stolen from our sunroom. The pennant garland was from our wedding.
We re-purposed an old dresser from our guest room to use as a changing table and painted it a bright cheerful yellow. The turquoise ceramic knobs on the dresser came from Anthropologie.
We got the glider from the same consignment shop where we got the curtains. I recovered it in a nubby gray fabric with yellow piping. The tall dresser was inherited from my grandmother, and is the perfect size for tiny onesies and other pint-sized clothes. The wall art is a hodge podge of items, most notably the beautiful embroidered "E" made by Twin using the pattern in Alicia Paulson's Embroidery Companion and the fawn wall clock by DecoyLab (I saved up my pennies for that clock!). On top of the dresser, you can also see the beautiful keepsake box our friend Sara made for us to store all the little mementos of Ellie's childhood.
The beautiful gray wool blankie was made by my mother. It's the Brooklyn Tweed Shale Baby Blanket. I spent so many nights nursing and rocking Ellie with that warm blanket like a shawl over my shoulders. It really was like having a warm and reassuring snuggle from my own mama. Mom also made the blanket hanging from the Moses basket. It's inspired by the Hudson Bay blanket on the Purl Bee but done in our nursery colors. She used such a lovely soft wool that's been great for keeping Ellie warm this winter.
Ellie will have no shortage of little chairs when she starts toddling around.The rattan one and the straight wooden one are from my childhood, and the awesome yellow rocker is from Matt's. One of Matt's uncles got us the giraffe, who stands guard over the room very handsomely. Abby was terrified of the giraffe at first, but has now established a wary truce with it.
The cushion on the window seat has five dresden plates that I put together with fabrics from my stash. I'd never made dresden plates before--they are a lot of fun! I just appliqued them on with my sewing machine and did very minimal quilting. Not sure how practical the white fabric will be, but the cover does come off for washing (if I can pry it off--I always make my pillow covers too tight!).
Twin and I made the mobile using stuffed farm animals and veggies from IKEA. We just carefully hung each from embroidery thread and arranged them around two embroidery hoops. Ellie has just now (at about 10 weeks) begun noticing her mobile and she really does love looking up at it as she falls asleep. The crib is also guarded over by Shanna Murray's Lamb Family wall decal. And a peace sign, because our little girl is sure to have some hippie in her.
I got this little green lamp a couple years ago at an antiques store and rewired it myself (I had no idea rewiring a lamp was so easy!). I covered the shade with a scrap of Heather Ross's bicycle print. I don't know if that fabric is still in print, but I probably bought it about 7 years ago and have been hoarding it just in case I ever had a little girl. And now I do! I still have some in my stash, hopefully enough to make a little dress for her soon. The teddy bear I made a couple years ago from Hillary's book, more about it here. You may have also spied Space Boy and Olive, who now have a home in the nursery.
Just a few weeks before Ellie was born, we found the little scooter at an antiques shop downtown and we couldn't resist bringing it home. This teddy bear is from my own childhood, ready for a new generation of love.
I took all these pictures just before Ellie was born, and this one makes me laugh. It could be captioned "Ready and Waiting." We were all so ready to welcome that baby. The dogs didn't know exactly what they were in for, but they definitely knew something was up.
And we need a picture of the star of all this cute decor. Here's Ellie at 10 weeks!
26 February 2013
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Series Review: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
4/11: BUF 4, SWB 1: After missing the final 98 games of the 2009 season, Dillon Gee returned to the mound with a absolute gem.
The 23-year-old right-hander limited the Yankees to two hits in six scoreless innings as the Bisons completed a series win. Gee struck out four and didn't walk a batter. He retired 11 of the first 12 batters he faced and prevented the Yankees from reaching third base.
The Bisons' offense did its part. Before Gee stepped on the mound, Jason Pridie and Ike Davis drew walks. Mike Hessman then launched another gigantic homer to left field. Hessman, who finished 3-for-4, also homered in Saturday's victory. Minor League Baseball's active home-run leader now has 313 in his career.
The Bisons tacked on an insurance run in the ninth inning as Davis doubled to center and later scored on Mike Cervenak's groundout. Bobby Parnell got the Bisons out of a jam in the eighth inning and stayed on in the ninth to earn his first save. Davis had a walk and a double. He reached base safely at least twice in all four games of the series.
4/10: BUF 2, SWB 1 (11 innings): Mike Hessman and Chris Carter hit mammoth homers. Buffalo has won two of the first three games in their series against the Yankees, with all three games decided by one run. Carter's blast was the game-winner.
The former Red Sox farmhand wasted little time in the 11th, driving the first pitch from reliever Jonathon Albaladejo to deep right field. Carter led Pawtucket last season with 16 homers and 61RBI.
Mike Hessman hit his first homer in a Bisons uniform in the eighth to put the first dent in the scoreboard. The minor leagues active leader in home runs, Hessman hit No. 312 on a 1-2 pitch off Mark Melancon.
Pat Misch started the game for Buffalo and tossed six shutout innings in a no-decision. Manny Acosta made his Bisons debut and kept Scranton/Wilkes-Barre off the scoreboard in the seventh and eighth innings.
4/9: BUF 7, SWB 6: The Bisons' offense broke through for the first time in 2010 while erasing a 6-2 deficit. Jason Pridie's two-run single in the eighth made the Herd a winner.
Buffalo's high-powered offense came through against the Yankee bullpen. Chris Carter cut the four-run deficit in half in the sixth when he tripled home Fernando Martinez and Mike Hessman. An inning later, the lead was down to one when ex-Met Royce Ring uncorked a wild pitch with Luis Hernandez on third base. The Bisons capped the rally with two more runs in the eighth. Carter led off with a walk and Mike Cervenak got himself on board with one of his two hits on the night. Two batters later, Pridie pulled a pitch through the right side of the infield to plate both the game-tying and go-ahead runs.
First base prospect Ike Davis continued his torrid start with a long home run to center field. Davis has reached base in six of his first nine Triple-A plate appearances. He is 4-for-7 with two doubles, a homer and two walks.
4/8: SWB 1, BUF 0: Opening Day starter Tobi Stoner tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings before a rain delay ended his outing. Bobby Parnell, who set a Mets rookie record for appearances with 68, tossed 2 1/3 scoreless relief innings.
First baseman Ike Davis went 3-for-4 with two doubles in his Triple-A debut. David Winfree's homer off ex-Nationals pitcher Mike O'Connor in the fourth inning accounted for the lone run.


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The growing global movement to indict and prosecute George W. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others for war crimes continues to gain momentum.
Everyone who is working together on this should be aware of the tremendous progress we are having in assembling a truly worldwide movement.
Ramsey Clark is heading up a major international effort with hundreds of lawyers, legal scholars and human rights leaders from countries throughout the world who are committed to prosecuting and indicting Bush-era officials.
Bush and the other top officials are undoubtedly worried right now about going anywhere in the world. Everywhere they go, people are there to demand that they be prosecuted for war crimes and torture.
Karl Rove was repeatedly disrupted by angry protesters on his recent book tour. In Beverly Hills and Las Vegas, Rove was additionally humiliated when people tried to carry out a citizen's arrest at his speaking engagement.
Twenty-three CIA agents, who were acting under orders from Bush and Cheney, were found guilty in abstentia in a major trial in Italy.
A U.S. Federal Judge put the fear of the devil in all of the Bush team when he allowed a lawsuit brought by a torture victim at Guantanamo to proceed against Donald Rumsfeld.
This global movement will not stop. The damage caused by Bush's crimes is too great and too many people have been harmed. As they did with the Chilean dictator Pinochet, the people will struggle for accountability until justice has been achieved.
Bush and company are well aware that they can be held accountable.
Just a few weeks ago, an Argentinian judge sentenced former Argentinian President Reynaldo Bignone to twenty-five years in prison for the kidnapping and torture of 56 people in a torture center.
This is precisely what Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld ordered. The CIA set up torture centers for people who the Pentagon or CIA kidnapped. And Guantanamo was determined by the United Nations to be a "torture center."
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff of Colin Powell, testified before Congress that at least 108 prisoners died while in U.S. detention during the Bush era, many of them from torture.
It took an arduous, long-fought campaign to bring Pinochet and Reynaldo Bignone to justice. But it is of singular importance. If high officials can, with impunity, commit murders, launch illegal invasions, create a global system of kidnapping and torture, and secretly wiretap and spy on their own citizens, it sends a message to future officials that they too can stand above the law and commit any crime.
All of us at IndictBushNow will work tirelessly and as long as it takes to hold Bush and the other criminals accountable. We owe it to the people of the world and to our children.
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I moderated a fantastic panel at the annual SLA conference last week, and wanted to share the tips that were developed during the discussion. These tips are not difficult or costly; however, the impact on the bottom-line of the firm can be huge.
To focus more on cost prevention instead of cost recovery is to shift from a reactive environment to one that is proactive. This is something that can be undertaken by every librarian, no matter their influence or clout within the firm. Additionally, if the impact of these changes is being measured, the potential to raise the profile of the library is tremendous.
Our 5 easy tips:
- Get to know Accounting. If the librarian does not have full access to any and all of the data that impacts the library, how can informed decisions be made? The librarian cannot take 'no' for an answer when it comes to developing this relationship, and accessing this data.
- Manage and control the conversation around the firm's contracts with large vendors. Another benefit to a relationship with Accounting, is finding out how much the firm spends with some of the large vendors. Imagine the bulk discounting that might be possible if the librarian could leverage the entire spend, and not just that of the library. Talk about a direct savings to the bottom-line!
- Education/Training. Controlling the training and education of your users is a great way to prevent unnecessary costs. Vendor representatives only train on their own products, and promote new content and services. This probably isn't the most cost effective use of all the research resources purchased by your firm. It is imperative that training sessions be vetted by the library or conducted by a librarian, if possible.
- Using knowledge management (KM) to leverage internal and external resources. This doesn't mean you have to implement some complicated KM software, it just means that you need to look for efficiencies in everything that you do. For example, the library could create an internal wiki to share answers to regularly asked questions, contacts, and/or frequently accessed internal content. This is KM, and once a small step is taken, more will follow.
- Creating innovative and simplified contracts. Vendors have been using the same contracts since they started offering their online services. Has anything else in your library stayed the same over all these years? How about exploring contract structures that reflect how you use the product, instead of accepting the same old, one-size-fits-all contract. Work closely with your vendor before you are even presented with a contract to let them know that the status quo isn't going to work for you anymore.


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It's not quite as dramatic as the stories we used to hear of ol' Jean Yawkey being wheeled toward the visitors' clubhouse at Shea Stadium in the waning moments of Game 6, but it does give a rare glimpse into what happens on the losing side of those epic playoff game collapses that keep the bubbly on ice.
Anthony Witrado of the Sporting News tweeted this picture of what remained from the protective plastic that adorned the Tigers locker room at O.co Coliseum as late as the bottom of the ninth, at least until Coco Crisp forced a Game 5 with his game-winning hit. One minute, all that covering is but a small symbol of having advanced to the League Championship Series. The next, it's crumpled up into a failure pile of sadness plastic.


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St. Bonaventure and NBA basketball Hall of Famer Bob Lanier will return to campus in a big way in October. Lanier will headline a full weekend of Bonnies basketball-related events Oct. 12-13, highlighted by the unveiling of the new Reilly Center floor. The state-of-the-art wood court, which is currently being installed, will be dedicated to and officially named "Bob Lanier Court."
The new court was made possible thanks to the generosity of a group of alumni, spearheaded by a $200,000 gift from Lisa and Samuel Molinaro, Bonaventure alumni from the classes of 1981 and 1980, respectively. Barb and Tom Fleming, classes of 1981 and 1980, respectively, also made a $50,000 donation to the project.
"St. Bonaventure University is a special place to us and for us to be able to give back to a place where we have so many fond memories is an honor," said Sam Molinaro. "Bob Lanier elevated an already established St. Bona basketball program to the next level and is an ideal ambassador of the sport. When we were thinking about names for the court he was the obvious choice and a perfect fit."
Lanier embroidered his career at St. Bonaventure by leading the Brown and White to the Final Four in 1970 while being named a consensus All-American. Lanier averaged 29 points and 16 rebounds per game en route to guiding the Bonnies to a 25-3 record and No. 3 national ranking during the season. Just a few months later, Lanier was taken by the Detroit Pistons in the 1970 NBA Draft with the first overall pick. Lanier made an immediate impact in his first season in Motown, earning the Rookie of the Year award. He went onto play 14 seasons in the NBA, splitting time between Detroit and the Milwaukee Bucks.
"October 12th will be an extremely humbling day in my life," said Lanier, an eight-time NBA All-Star. "It's a great honor to have something like this happen to me. For Lisa, Sam and the other alumni who made this possible to think I was the right person to name the court after is an amazing honor."
In addition to the floor replacement, there will be upgrades to some of the Reilly Center's basketball operations equipment.
"It's exciting to think about the future events on the new court and to have Bob Lanier's name permanently linked to the Reilly Center and to the University," said Director of Athletics Steve Watson. "The weekend should be a special one with Bob and many of his fellow alumni coming back to campus."
On Saturday, Oct. 13, Lanier and his fellow Bonnies basketball alumni will take part in the first game on the new court, a "legends" alumni game.
Saturday evening, the annual Tip-Off Gala will cap the weekend. Lanier will attend that event as well.
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One of Jay-Z's most famous lyrics is that he's not a businessman, he's a business, man. And the star M.C. is about to show off a little more of his renowned business savvy by releasing his memoir in an rather unconvential way.
The legendary rapper is teaming up with internet search giant Bing to present an interactive experience for the release of his forthcoming book, "Decoded," reports MTV.
Fans are being invited to join in a worldwide scavenger hunt for the pages of the book, which have been hidden and can only be located be solving clues that Jay-Z will occasionally dish out before the full tome hits bookstores November 16. The first clue was released on October 18 and he placed the second clue at the bottom of the Delano Hotel pool in Miami on October 20.
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"Quite simply, it's almost like a preview of the book. We put all these pages out into the world to be found, and then, through Bing, you bring it all back together and you can read the book," he said in an interview with MTV. "That's really the simple part of it. But for participating in it, you get these prizes, like it you're the first one to find this page, you get it signed, you get it autographed and it's yours to keep."
Bing GM Eric Hadley said the search is a great way to build a sense of community among the rapper's fans.
"This campaign gives us a great opportunity to introduce Bing to the millions of Jay-Z fans by bringing a meaningful experience that magnifies their connection to him."
So far, 24 pages of the book have been located. The grand prize winner will win a trip to Las Vegas on New Year's Eve to see Jay and Coldplay in concert.
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On tonight's show:
1 The Wild Swans -Melting Blue Delicious – Magnitude : touring in June and a new album soon on Occultation.
2 Michael Mooney – Dog – The Machine Made Hand : an Australian living in Canada – sent me this EP via our unsigned page
3 Dave Stephens – Hanging On – Time Will Tell : A Canadian living in America
4 Across Tundras – In the name of River Grand – Sage : Blistering new album from this three piece on Neurot Records
5 Tom Verlaine – A Postcard from Waterloo – The Millers Tale : a 1996 double-CD compilation album. It chronicles his solo career and his career with Television on one CD (including several obscurities) and the other CD is an edited live performance from London in 1982.
6 David Lowery – The Palace Guards – The Palace Guards : the Camper Van Beethoven man's first solo album.
7 Atlantis – Dream On – Demo : newish band from Liverpool who approached me via our unsigned page.
8 Joshua Ronnay Fisher – Tell Me Your Name – Demo : I know absolutely nothing about this lot other than they are from Wigan and they list Led Zeppelin and The Stooges as influences. Again they sent this in via our unsigned page.
9 And So I Watch You From – Afar Seven Million People All Alive At Once -Gangs : they were at the Deaf Institute last week – missed them unfortunately. Jury is out still for me on this album which needs a couple more listens. One of my preferred post-rock outfits mind you.
10 Atomiks – Triple Zero – Pontiac and Superhonky – The Atomiks preach tirelessly to the faithful time and time again against the evils of an incomprehensible military-industrial complex, while extolling salvation through baptism by bourbon. Marvellous stuff from Reno, Nevada!
11 Bert Jansch – Fresh as a sweet Sunday morning – LA Turnaround : he's been touring with Neil Young and has a new album called The Black Swan – but this is from his classic album LA Turnaround. Probably one of my favourite albums.
12 Heidi Spencer and the Rare Birds – Carry Me Softly – Under Street Light Glow : a travelling filmmaker and singer-songwriter from Milwaukee.
13 Monster Magnet – Freak Shop USA – Monster Magnet EP : Red Bank, New Jersey's finest.
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DETROIT – When televisions are not anchored to a wall they can topple onto curious kids who grab them or climb-up furniture to get to them.
"New televisions tend to be flat screen, and they tend to have a higher center of gravity, and not really be anchored to anything," said Dr. Michael Anderson of Children's Hospital, Cleveland.
These injuries are becoming more common -- increasing by a third in the past decade, according to the watchdog group "Safe Kids Worldwide."
In fact, every 45-minutes in this country, a child is rushed to the hospital after a television falls on them.
Most of the children injured every year are under the age of 5.
"It's the force of that entire television falling on the child," said Anderson, who has treated several of these cases.
Young kids have larger heads relative to their small bodies and they are more susceptible to head injuries.
"They also have a very pliable skeletal system, so they can suffer many more internal injuries than an adult would," Anderson said.
Experts and TV manufacturer's recommend that flat screens be mounted to a wall securely.
Buying an inexpensive straps to attach sets to the wall is a simple way to keep curious children out of harm's way.